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 Re: Forestone -vs- Legere Signature
Author: CWH 
Date:   2010-02-14 20:02

Good Evening All;
Depending on your particular playing style and desired sound colors each offer something different. None the less, I believe that the future for manufactured reeds is at hand and it’s time to invite them in. The desire for better reeds has long been in the making and one only needs to go back to Mr. Robert Willaman’s book “The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing”(1946) where he discusses back then, the search for substitute materials. Mr. Willaman on page 56 goes on to describe his ideas on the issue of substitute materials for reeds; “One of them may someday approach or even surpass natural cane in the important features of tone quality coupled with instant resilience and light weight”. I think we all are in agreement that these new reeds certainly meet those standards. Further, and I just chuckle when I read this page 57; “It is thus possible to play a “a hot lick on a cold stick” with on worry that the reed has crinkled on the tip.” How much time has any of us wasted on getting warmed up, then set it aside, resoak, or money spent on that perfect humidity controlled case: and on and on. Not to mention all the devices for reshaping and refining that less than desirable reed. Mr. Willaman's concluding thought on the topic of substitute materials was “It may offer the best hope of solving reed troubles that now beset all players.” Over half a century has passed sense these words were printed and how true they resonate today in spite of the time that has gone by.

I’m convinced the search for me is over; each of these reeds has something to offer every player.

It is time to focus on the artistry of playing and dispense with the nuisances of finding, shaping and adjusting that less than perfect cane reed.

CWH

Study, Practice, Play and Enjoy.

Post Edited (2010-02-15 20:20)
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